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Overview of the events of 1884 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France ).
Events
Works published
Other
Rosario de Acuña , Sentir y pensar ,
Spain
Rosalia de Castro , En las orillas del Sar , Galician Spanish poet, writing in Spanish
Lie Kim Hok ,
Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari , ethnic
Chinese poet, writing in
Malay
Rabindranath Tagore ,
Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali ,
Indian poet, writing in
Braj Bhasha
Awards and honors
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 14 –
Kostas Varnalis (Κώστας Βάρναλης), (died
1974 ),
Greek
March 28 –
Angelos Sikelianos (Άγγελος Σικελιανός) (died
1951 ),
Greek poet and playwright
April 2 -
John Collings Squire (died
1958 ),
English poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period
June 29 -
Francis Brett Young (died
1954 ),
English novelist and poet
July 24 -
Donald Evans (died
1921 ),
American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist
July 29 -
Eunice Tietjens (died
1944 ),
American poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor
August 8 -
Sara Teasdale (died
1933 ),
American lyric poet
October 13 -
Walter J. Turner (died
1946 ),
Australian -born poet and music critic
November 5 -
James Elroy Flecker (died
1915 ),
English poet, novelist and playwright
December 31 -
George Sylvester Viereck (died
1962 ), German-
American poet, writer and propagandist
Date not known -
Leknath Ponday ,
Indian ,
Nepali -language poet
[6]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 7 –
John Harris (born
1820 ),
English poet
February 17 –
Charles Stuart Calverley , 82 (born
1831 ),
English poet and wit
February 28 –
Matsudaira Teru 松平照 also called "Teruhime" 照姫, literally translated, "Princess Teru" (born
1832 ),
Japanese , late
Edo and early
Meiji period aristocrat and skilled
waka poet who instructed
Matsudaira Katamori in poetry and calligraphy
March 13 –
Richard Henry Horne , 81 (born
1802 ),
English poet, critic and journalist, and public official in Australia
March 19 –
Elias Lönnrot , 81,
Finnish philologist and collector of traditional
Finnish
oral poetry best known for composing the
Kalevala , the Finnish national epic compiled from
national folklore
June 27 –
Andreas Munch , 72 (born
1811 ),
Norwegian poet
December 3 –
Jane C. Bonar , 73 (born
1821 ),
American hymnwriter
See also
Notes
^ Keith, W. J.,
"Poetry in English: 1867-1918" , article in The Canadian Encyclopedia , retrieved February 8, 2009
^ Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse , revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
^ Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davies, ed. Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings Through the First World War. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart NCL, 1994.
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d Cox, Michael, ed. (2004).
The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
0-19-860634-6 .
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f Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 , 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi)
^ Das, Sisir Kumar and various,
History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2 , 1995, published by
Sahitya Akademi ,
ISBN
978-81-7201-798-9 , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008.
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